nothing . hawk is down. needs tires and a rectifier. been riding my other bikes till i can get some cash saved

Sent my rear axle to Pitbull to get a trailer restraint system made for the hawk. Forks are with Jamie getting some love.

Finishing on polishing my frame in the shop... Working on the rims and swingarm soon...

Washed her and clean and lube chain and sprockets. Lots of simple green involved.

took off the clutch cover to swap er out to find my water pump impeller was more than just a little bit corroded. had to order new impeller, mech seal and oil seal. threw in some new dowels as well.

Got my axle sliders in for my up and coming 929 front end.

And a pretty lil billet oil cap too :)

Rode it to work. Rode it home. Laugh it up, fuzzball.

Rode to work, lunch, then home. 12 miles total. 6 wheelies. :)

Due to our - minus temps not much really .. made a list of things I need , CCT's , Rubber, Chain/Sprockets
Oh ya , my last ride in October 2011 had to cut it short and park it .. WHY you ask ?
motor made this crazy-ass sound .. like some hammer bashing metal fabber !!
I'm pretty sure the shim "popped" out of the rear cylinder :(

Not too much just a quick ride home from the South Bay.

Though I did remember that I had the old GoPro, though I am too lazy to do any editing right now so here you go:

The sound sucks and all that and yeah it does need to be trimmed down but for you guys who haven't got to ride in a bit.....

Palomares Rd - YouTube

and yes there is a deer @ 7:40 =)

Nice video! Bike sounds great regardless of the wind.

I guess I eye raped her again while I dressed out to commute on my GS1150ADV :(

Bought her NIB in 1999 and still have a thing for the old beotch..

Shes sitting in a corner of the garage and is patiently awaiting another solid days worth of work and TLC; tuning/tune up, tweaks, and parts installations:

Another reg/rect (R1 part this time)
R/R wire and connection replacement (burnt up)
mototec undertail
CF SS2R repack and needs new internal heat shield
MCCTs
Plugs
maybe another friggin battery..
and others issues I cant remebr right now.

Let's hope you can get her back on the road soon! :(

On a better note, I rode mine to work every day this week! :D
Unseasonably warm this year. I've put 700 miles on my VTR in 2012 so far, and 100 on my Bandit. :) (Not commuting, I only live 3 miles from work, lol)
Some days were as cold as 28 degrees, but most rides were in 55 degrees +/- 10. Today it is supposed to get up to 75. Crazy.

I have a 5k to run, so it will probably snow next week, lol.

Gotta love north central Texas. (DFW)

Another reg/rect (R1 part this time)
R/R wire and connection replacement (burnt up)


May I suggest a Ninja ZX6R regulator? Cheap off the bay, easy to install.

A friend installed my new ContiMotions then a few of us went for a scrub-in ride. I'm left with .5 inch chicken strips, there would be none except that I'm chicken. That was the first time I've ridden the bike without wooden tires. Stop reading this and get new tires already.

Installed a Scotts steering damper, mounted up some 'Stones. Slowly getting ready to attack NOLA in three weeks!

Tried my hand at a partial bafflectomy last night (very happy with the results), and gave her a quick wash today before showing her off to friends.

Got some detailing in while the wheels were off, my friend is a retired mechanical engineer from Germany. A true stickler, he had me cleaning bearings and the swingarm and such while he worked on the tires.
Gee, get yer tires done by a monkey at some shop, or get them done by a mechanical engineer(who also worked for Honda for 10 yrs just saying).

This morning before work I removed the PAIR system and all EVAP canister hoses. Need to pick up caps and plugs in the AM.

Took it to the track

:)

Track Daz, Jan 22 at CVR - Honda VTR1000F - YouTube

I unintentionally went off roading. I took a different way home from school and ended up on a pot hole riddles dirt road, while it was raining. I was slipping everywhere but it made me want to buy a dirt bike again

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Nick, looking good. We should hook up for a track day soon. Willow Springs is real good for our bikes also. Our bikes do ok for a so called touring street bike huh!

yeah, people were saying annoying stuff like "wow, you're doing well for your first ever track day, I can't wait to see what you can do with a modern/light bike!" or "once you get a track suitable bike you're going to haul ass!"

Our bikes are fun to track, I don't plan on selling it and buying a CBR anytime soon...

My only mods are CCTs, some fork work + spring, and a stock rear shock modified by JD...I was knee sliding into my second session and got moved to the 'B' group by the end of the day...and as you can see from the video I'm not pushing the braking points or really even making the best line most of the time...

I'm down to go to any of the Willow tracks on the bike...I can't wait actually

Yep. Agree with all of the above. Most people don't even know what a superhawk is? If you really want to have fun, just tell them its a 650cc bike just like the Suzuki sv650. Everyone raves about SV650 (I do too) but in all honesty our bikes are just as cheap, have way more power and stock for stock have better suspension.

I'll post up a date in the group rides for a willow springs Superhawk trackday. Your going to really like the big track on the Hawk. Ride safe.

Looked at her in the garage and told that her new shock will be here soon. She can't talk but I think she understands me. HEHE

Walked past it while under the cover in the garage, sadly wishing there wasn't snow on the ground, dreaming of springtime.

Got a wild hair and did a complete bafflectomy last night. Rode her to work today. Doesn't seem much louder than the partial I had already done, but it does seem a bit deeper. I like, but some D&D's are likely in her future, lol.

converted to single sided exhaust...one of my slipons was leaking and there was some issues with a broken clamp bolt on that side, so I just did away with it...bike runs much better now and sounds awesome. I was surprised; it didn't make it much louder at all.

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Does what I did yesterday count? ;)

Flushed my brakes so got to take a quick run to the test track a.k.a. Calaveras Rd.

Now in the summer you can carry 2nd and 3rd on this road but in the winter you need to keep things in check a bit.... :shock: Also we just had a storm come through, so the road is pretty dirty and a bit slippery in places.

So in this vid I'm mainly in 1st & 2nd (for all you guys that say these bikes don't shift well between 1st & 2nd.... and my only real changes is one of Jamies shift levers) and yes i do have the VTR "traction control" on in places (which is leave the bike in second and just roll on the throttle ;))
with the rev's anywhere from 2K -10K

Calaveras Rd 1.27.12 - YouTube

I can post up the other way if you want to see it..... it still has to upload. ;)

Sure. Nice ride!